Sterling Partners
VC Fund
Chicago, United States
Sterling Partners is a private equity firm with a history of generating extraordinary returns for their investors. With nearly $4 billion of capital under management, their investment strategy is to invest from $5 million to more than $150 million of equity in each company with which they partner. They invest in industries with positive, long-termtrends and bring their experience, expertise, and network in driving value to their portfolio companies. Their continued success is driven by Sterling's investment in an operationally-focused strategy, and by their unique team of industry veterans, operators, investors, strategy experts and human capital professionals.
- Total investments:
- 42
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 64%
- Fund size:
- $49M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Sterling Partners invests in
Stages Sterling Partners invests in
Countries Sterling Partners invests in
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 10 (24%)
- Information Technology 8 (19%)
- Health Care 7 (17%)
- Education 6 (14%)
- Medical 5 (12%)
Stage
- Private Equity 10 (24%)
- Series A 6 (14%)
- Series B 5 (12%)
- Funding Round 5 (12%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 5 (12%)
Country
- United States 34 (81%)
- Germany 1 (2%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Patrick Quay
Investment Associate
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Investment Associate | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
R. Christopher Hoehn-Saric
Senior Managing Director
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Senior Managing Director | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Steven M. Taslitz
Senior Managing Director
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Senior Managing Director | Total investments: 7 | Find email | |
Brian Baxter
Controller
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Controller | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Brian Peterson
Senior Associate
|
Senior Associate | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
| See all 11 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stationhead is the place for music fans & artists around the world to connect, listen live, and stream together.Find your community:- Listen to your favorite artists and drive streams with a community of fans from around the world- Chat, request, and call-in live from anywhere on the planet- Join live moments with your favorite artistsHost the party:- Start a global station in seconds- Take the mic, play what you want, and reach anyone- Build your communityAssemble, listen, connect, party, talk, and play – on Stationhead. Download the free app today from your iPhone, iPad, and iPod | Jan 28, 2026 | ||
| Mellomanic is a music community platform to transform the relationship between artists and fans. | $6M / Venture - Series Unknown / Oct 01, 2024 | ||
| Stella’s treatment is built on a new understanding of PTSD and its causes. Dr Lipov, the Chief Medical Officer at Stella, is credited with innovating the Stellate Ganglion Block ("SGB") as an intervention for trauma symptoms.After experiencing trauma, the way our brain functions may change in dramatic ways. In some cases, we becomestuck in “fight or flight” mode - which can be observed in certain types of brain scans.It may be helpful to think about the sympathetic nervous system as being somewhat like an engine. Under normal conditions, we are in “neutral gear,” a relatively relaxed state not associated with feeling threatened. However, extreme stressors can shift and lock us into a higher gear, where we may remain for years or even decades. This state may involve “feeling constantly revved up and being unable to throttle down.” Common indicators of this altered biological state include symptoms like disrupted sleep, anger attacks, overwhelming panic, difficulties concentrating, a feeling of constantly being on “high alert”, and a strong startle response - in other words, the “hyper-arousal” cluster of post trauma symptoms.Stella’s adaptation of SGB involves injecting a widely available, commonly used anesthesia into a bundle of nerves in the neck, just above the collarbone. The injected medication has the short-term effect of soothing and “re-setting” the overactive nerves, operating in the same temporary way as the Novocaine administered by a dentist. To return to the earlier analogy, SGB seems to manually pop a “stuck gear” back into “neutral.” | $7M / May 09, 2023 | ||
| Stella Mental Health is advancing what's possible in psychiatry—uniting traditional care, effective therapies, and evidence-based treatments to deliver the best outcomes for patients.Stella innovates like lives depend on it -- because they do. With a multidisciplinary team of board-certified physicians, advanced psychiatric nursepractitioners, psychologists, psychiatrists, and dedicated advocates, Stella integrates biological, psychological, and psychiatric approaches to deliver personalized care.Treatments include: Spravato (esketamine), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), deep TMS, accelerated TMS, the dual sympathetic reset DSR (an advanced stellate ganglion block SGB), ketamine therapy (infusion and IM), medication management and therapy. | $7M / Venture - Series Unknown / May 09, 2023 | ||
| Through the application of its secure, patent-pending technology, CHAMPtitles ends the reliance on legacy systems to manage U.S. automobile titles. CHAMPtitles partners with each party in the vehicle title ecosystem to reduce their costs in handling titles, turning the burdensome administrative process of issuing a vehicle title into a profitableactivity. | $12.9M / Series B / Sep 22, 2022 | ||
| Aliro's community-powered talent acquisition approach combines four effective sourcing channels powered by the Aliro platform, allowing you to access more quality candidates with fewer resources and spending. | Series A / May 12, 2022 | ||
| Lecturio provides the highest quality medical education content delivered in the most advanced teaching platform for medicine. Built in collaboration with instructors from Harvard, Yale, Johns Hopkins, Brown University and more, Lecturio combines excellent didactics with high-tech delivery. Leading universities around the world trust us to helpthem deliver their unique approaches to teaching medicine and the platform adapts to their curricula and teaching methods. | $45M / Private Equity / Dec 15, 2021 | ||
| Mellomanic is a music community platform to transform the relationship between artists and fans. | $8M / Venture - Series Unknown / Nov 20, 2020 | ||
| Cerebro Capital is destined to transform the way middle market companies analyze, manage, and source their corporate credit facilities. By offering best in class online software, world class security, and industry expertise, they are improving the way financial teams evaluate the corporate borrowing industry and how they connect to commerciallenders. | $5.3M / Seed / Apr 17, 2020 | ||
| Reading Plus is an education company specializing in silent reading intervention services. | Private Equity / May 13, 2019 | ||
| See all 42 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Sterling Partners invest in?
Sterling Partners invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Health Care startups, most often at Private Equity and Series A stage. Most of the 42 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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Who are the partners at Sterling Partners?
The team at Sterling Partners includes Patrick Quay (Investment Associate), R. Christopher Hoehn-Saric (Senior Managing Director) and Steven M. Taslitz (Senior Managing Director), among 11 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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